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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE OF APPROVAL………... i
STATEMENT……….. ii
PREFACE……… iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………... iv
ABSTRACT………. v
TABLE OF CONTENTS………. vi
CHAPTER I………. 1
INTRODUCTION………... 1
1.1Background of the Study……….. 1
1.2Research Questions……….. 3
1.3Aims of the Study………. 4
1.4Scope of the Study……… 4
1.5Significance of the Study………..… 4
1.6Clarification of the Terms……….… 4
1.7Organization of the Paper………. 5
CHAPTER II……… 6
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION………. 6
2.1 Speech Act Theories……… 6
2.2 Searle’s Classificationof Speech Act………..… 9
2.2.1 Representatives………..…. 10
2.2.2 Directives………..….. 10
2.2.3 Commissives………..……. 11
2.2.4 Expressives……….. 12
2.2.5Declaration………..…… 12
2.3 Social Variables……… 13
2.3.1 Power………..………. 13
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2.3.3 Rank of Imposition……… 15
2.3.4 Weightiness………... 15
2.4 Brown and Levinson’s Concept of Face…………….…… 15
2.6 Review of Previous Studies……… 16
CHAPTER III………. 18
RESEARCH METHODS………... 18
3.1 Research Design……….… 18
3.2 Participants of the Study……….…… 18
3.3 Data Collection………... 19
3.3.1 Source of Data……….….. 19
3.3.2 Procedures of Data Collection………... 21
3.4 Framework of Data Analysis………..…… 21
3.5 Concluding Remarks………..…… 22
CHAPTER IV……… 23
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS……….…… 23
4.1 Types of Speech Act Used by the Participants………..…. 23
4.1.1 Representatives………..…… 24
4.1.2 Directives……….. 27
4.1.3 Commissives………. 30
4.1.4 Expressives………..……….. 31
4.2 Social Variables and Speech Act Realizations………..……. 32
4.2.1 Power……….…… 33
4.2.1.1 Higher Power ……….... 33
4.2.1.2 Equal Power……… 35
4.2.1.3 Lower Power………..………. 38
4.2.2 Social Distance………... 40
4.2.2.1 Close……….….. 40
4.2.2.2 Casual………..……… 43
4.2.2.3 Distant………..…... 44
4.2.3 Rank of Imposition……….. 47
4.2.3.1 Low………..… 47
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4.2.3.3 High………... 52
4.3 Concluding Remarks……… 54
CHAPTER V……… 55
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS……… 55
5.1 Conclusions……….. 55
5.2 Suggestions……….. 57
REFERENCES……… 58
